Professional Development for Women and Minorities

The Role of Minority & Non-Minority Professional Societies at HBCUs

(BEYA Seminar 2442) The Role of Minority & Non-Minority Societies at HBCUs

Learning Objective: Participants will understand the value proposition both minority and majority professional societies brings to students, faculty, and to the institution

Professional society participation by students at HBCUs is extremely important as students start their career path. It is important for students and faculty to participate in both minority and non-minority professional society student chapters, as each provides different tools and networks for their professional journey. This seminar will include representatives from various societies to discuss the merits of participation, and personal success stories on how these societies played a key role in their career success.

Helping the Overwhelmed Employee: How to Navigate the Flood of Challenges

(WOC Seminar 1315) Helping the Overwhelmed Employee: How to Navigate the Flood of Challenges 

 

Learning Objective: To discover how businesses can reinvent employee work experiences to increase productivity and increase employee brand 

 

Today’s employees are overwhelmed with a high influx of daily tasks that include phone calls, emails, meetings, and projects that affect work productivity. With modern technological advances, we have trouble disconnecting. This is not a new problem in the workforce since 35% of managers are dealing with the issue themselves. Retention and engagement are interrupting motivation, attention spans are decreasing, and deepening the leadership pipeline has become a global issue.  

This is a wake-up call for individuals and businesses to address the way we live and change the way our organizations function. Completing simple tasks is becoming an imposition, and employees are feeling frustrated. What can be done to manage the distractions that are overwhelming our company assets? This seminar will discuss what companies are doing to address this issue and how they are developing solutions for filling the leadership pipeline. 

 

At this seminar, participants will:

 

1. Discover what’s causing today’s employees to be overwhelmed at work.
2. Learn how organizations have created the workplace of the future by redefining the employee experience.
3. Discuss what organizations are doing to increase productivity, increase retention, and fill the leadership pipeline.

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Leadership and Excellence in Diversity: Sustaining the Diversity Momentum in Changing Times

(BEYA Seminar 2509) Leadership and Excellence in Diversity: Sustaining the Diversity Momentum in Changing Times

 

Learning Objective: Diversity leaders create a brand and image that supports and reflects competence and business value.

 

What does it mean to be a diversity leader? Over the past several years, diversity has been a hot topic. However, as times change and business challenges increase, the term has become a stale reference to check off a list of politically correct requirements. As leaders in diversity, we are challenged to educate, energize, and excite our organization around diversity initiatives. These initiatives build the foundation of creativity, innovation, and transformative results. Diversity and inclusion leaders are key players on the executive leadership team with the specific responsibility for ensuring that human resources are honored, embraced, and ready to contribute great value. Diversity and inclusion leaders are trusted advisors that fundamentally create strategies that result in corporate cultural transformations to effectively support the mission and vision of the organization. To continue to be successful and safeguard the great work and efforts of those before you, you must create a brand and image that reflects high integrity and strong leadership capacity. This workshop will arm you with the skills you need to change your leadership image and effectively function as a vital part of the leadership vision.

 

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

 

1. Explore key diversity and inclusion leadership and management skills.
2. Understand strategies for building the right brand and image.
3. Examine what it means to transform organizational culture.
4. Create a plan for excellence in diversity and inclusion leadership.
5. Explore business challenges that impact diversity and inclusion leaders.

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I Am Not A Robot - How STEM Professionals Can Benefit from Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

(WOC Seminar 1508) I Am Not A Robot – How STEM Professionals Can Benefit from Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

 

Seminar Participants Will Learn:

 

1. New trends and advances in intelligent business process automation
2. Which areas of enterprise and government business are driving RPA implementations
3. The use cases and types of business processes best suited for RPA adoption
4. How to measure the success and value of RPA
5. Career advancement opportunities in RPA

 

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S.L.A.Y. the Workplace: Strategically Leveraging the Authenticity in You (Presented by Lockheed Martin Corporation)

(WOC Seminar 1733) S.L.A.Y. the Workplace: Strategically Leveraging the Authenticity in You (Presented by Lockheed Martin Corporation)

Join women executives from Lockheed Martin who will engage in courageous Conversations exploring intersections of race, gender, and culture in the workplace. This session will explore topics that act as barriers to advancing and retaining women of color. We will explore authenticity as a leadership skill, and the varied ways in which women define what it means to be true to you. This workshop is a safe space for honest conversations and an assessment of your own authentic leadership style.

Lockheed Martin executives will share their journey to authentic leadership through examples of challenges and success. Learn how these leaders navigation setbacks while remaining true to their values and confident in their abilities in order to excel to a position of leadership. Participants will be placed into working groups to have deeper discussions with Lockheed Martin leaders. These exchange sessions are designed for participants to share what is on their minds, discuss challenges faced by women of color in the workplace and to receive feedback from leaders based on their experiences. Participants will get guidance on developing bold goals inspired by action steps that they will commit to take to get to the next level.

Unconscious Bias (Presented by Consumers Energy)

(WOC Seminar 1732) Unconscious Bias (Presented by Consumers Energy)

First impressions say a lot when you meet someone. Do these impressions impact the way you interact with them? Naturally, our brains place people into larger groups or categories. These assumptions are helpful to some yet harmful to others. In business, subtle biases can become major roadblocks to fair and inclusive diversity practices. We gravitate toward certain types of people or simply forget to acknowledge others. These biases can also create challenges that may include racial and gender stereotypes that cause our contributions to be ignored or diminished. How do we become examples of fair and inclusive practices? How do we challenge our culture to move toward greater levels of awareness? This seminar will challenge your personal biases and address ways to engage in conversations and increase cultural awareness.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Define unconscious and subtle bias.
2. Identify personal biases and behaviors that support faulty cultural norms.
3. Discuss how one overcomes the practice of their unconscious bias.
4. Explore specific ways that race and gender impact achievement.
5. Discuss communication strategies to identify allies in the workforce.

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Mentoring Others to Success

(WOC Seminar 1316) Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Mentoring Others to Success

Learning Objective: Examine techniques for increasing emotional intelligence to access career opportunities.

Research has shown that emotional intelligence can be an accurate predictor of performance as well as an indicator of leadership and personal excellence. Emotional intelligence can be defined as being aware of your own and other's emotions and adjusting those emotions to enable effective thinking and to handle situations. Employees and managers that possess a high emotional intelligence can typically read a room quickly, assess situations faster, and easily show respect and empathy for others. These soft skills may not sound as impressive as some of the skills learned in the hard sciences, but they can be essential for a woman in a developing leadership role. To develop into a top performer, emotional intelligence is beneficial to any woman that wants to progress in her career. Join us for this session as we discuss how women leaders can develop their own emotional intelligence and learn how to use it to their advantage to progress in their careers while managing their team to greater success.

At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:

1. Examine the "double bind" effect that women face in their careers.
2. Develop emotional intelligence skills to assess and lead others with greater empathy and social management.
3. Discuss proper feedback in corporate environments that leads to greater team success.
4. Assess the tools needed for women leaders to provide balance for themselves and in the workplace that allow for professional and personal success.

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The IT Industry Needs Women to Survive

(WOC Seminar 1407) The IT Industry Needs Women to Survive

 

Learning Objective: Discuss methods for increasing the number of women in the financial technology field  

 

As the information technology industry continues to grow, the need for female employees in the industry is expanding. As more companies migrate to cloud-based systems, the need for well-versed cloud technologists is in high demand. Companies are more in need of employees who can manage network systems, cybersecurity, and programming while effectively managing the interpersonal relationships of the workforce. This includes a basis in strong people skills, problem-solving abilities, and good communication skills. Industry experts suggest that women offer a new perspective on design problems and find different ways to approach problems.   

 

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

 

1. Discuss how IT has become an industry of growth.
2. Identify the technical and soft skills that women contribute to IT.
3. Examine methods for increasing the number of women in the IT fields.

 

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Business Cultural Competence and Etiquette: Understanding Culturally Sensitive Executive Manners

(WOC Seminar 1313) Business Cultural Competence and Etiquette: Understanding Culturally Sensitive Executive Manners

Learning Objective: To Improve the capacity to understand and negotiate around business and cultural expectations to increase interpersonal effectiveness.

Executive manners refer to professional and corporate expectations. Cultural competence includes the capacity to apply and adapt executive manners in a wide variety of settings and cultures. We all make occasional cultural and business missteps and will likely agree that a better understanding of appropriate practices helps protect and enhance our image. There are bad manners that can be avoided with awareness and education. This session is designated for both new and seasoned professionals to gain an understanding of new ways to attract diverse talent, influence customers, and maximize interpersonal effectiveness.

At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify and explore common business etiquette mistakes.
2. Explore global cultural practices and blunders made by professionals.
3. Identify personal and professional expectations based on cultural experiences.
4. Explore opportunities to learn more about executive manners and cultural competence

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Breakthrough Thinking to Achieve Greatness in an Era of Change

(WOC Seminar 1117) Breakthrough Thinking to Achieve Greatness in an Era of Change

 

Learning Objective: Examine methods for successful change management and increasing problem solving  

 

The next generation of leaders is faced with unique challenges and changes as business threats and solutions change rapidly. In order to stay ahead of the competition, people and teams must be creative and innovative. The key to success is engaging in ways of thinking that inspire breakthroughs. We must develop effective strategies to manage changes, turn obstacles into opportunities, and thrive in the face of great uncertainty. This seminar will not only arm you with change management strategies but will also examine creative ways to solve problems and use them to create growth opportunities and uncover hidden talent on your team.

 

 At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to: 

 

1. Explore leadership skills that encourage creativity.
2. Explore ways to stay inspired and committed.
3. Identify specific strategies and examples of how obstacles and change can be stepping stones for great opportunities.
4. Learn techniques and tools that support an inventive mind.

 

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